Top Democrat Accuses DOJ of ‘Picking and Choosing Facts’ After Pipe Bomber Presser

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Dec 4th, 2025, 3:06 pm

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) expressed his dismay that the Justice Department took a “victory lap” over making the country “safer” by arresting the alleged would-be pipe bomber months after President Donald Trump pardoned the J6 rioters.

The DOJ announced Thursday that it arrested 30-year-old Virginia man Brian Cole Jr. for allegedly placing the homemade bombs at the offices of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the 2021 Capitol riots.

“You know, I think it is good news if this perpetrator got arrested,” Warner began. He added:

But I got to tell you, it kind of makes me — looking at this crowd, doing a victory lap, when

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